Editing Barkskin

{{Ideology}}{{infobox main|animal|
| page verified for version = 1.3.3066
| name = Barkskin
| image = Barkskin.png
| description = A dryad caste specialized in absorbing hits during combat. Barkskin dryads are covered by a thick bark-like hide which is partly formed by the Gauranlen tree itself. Under human influence, it can act as a damage-absorbing fighter.<br>In general, dryads are mammal-like creatures that have a symbiotic relationship with the Gauranlen tree. They reproduce together with their tree, which contains a hidden dryad queen. Dryads can morph into various specialized castes.
| type = Animal
| type2 = Dryad
| movespeed = 3.2
| basemeatamount = 2
| baseleatheramount = 0
| armorblunt = 40
| armorsharp = 70
| min comfortable temperature = -50
| max comfortable temperature = 50
| flammability = 0.7
| bodysize = 0.65
| healthscale = 0.9
| diet = none
| wildness = 0
| petness = 0
| manhunter = 1
| trainable = intermediate
| meatname = immature dryad meat
| lifespan = 80
| tradeTags = AnimalDryad
| attack1dmg = 8
| attack1type = Scratch
| attack1cool = 2
| attack1part = front left paw
| attack1stun = 14
| attack2dmg = 8
| attack2type = Scratch
| attack2cool = 2
| attack2part = front right paw
| attack2stun = 14
| attack3dmg = 9
| attack3type = Bite
| attack3cool = 2
| attack3part = teeth
| attack3chancefactor = 0.9
| attack3stun = 14
| attack4dmg = 4
| attack4type = Blunt
| attack4cool = 2
| attack4part = head
| attack4chancefactor = 0.2
}}
'''Barkskin''' are a caste of [[Dryads]], a type of [[animal]] added by the [[Ideology DLC]]. Slow but tough, the barkskin soaks hits for your other fighters.

== Summary ==
{{Dryad Summary}}

=== Attacks ===
Barkskin dryads are fairly weak combatants. Even with their amazing armor, they are roughly on par with most [[dog]]s as individual fighters.

<div><li style="display: inline-table;">
{|{{STDT| c_06 text-center}}
! Melee Attacks !! Damage Amount !! Cooldown
|-
![[Injury#Scatch|Scratch]]
|8
| 2.0 sec
|-
![[Injury#Bite|Bite]]
| 9
| 2.0 sec
|-
![[Injury#Blunt|Blunt]]
| 4
| 2.0 sec
|}</li><div>

===Armor===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Armor
|-
| {{Apparel Protection Chart|set1name= {{P|Name}} {Sharp) | set1armor1={{P|Armor - Sharp}} | set2name= {{P|Name}} {Blunt) | set2armor1={{P|Armor - Blunt}}  }}
|}

With the similar armor to a [[thrumbo]], Barkskin dryads are unfortunately held back by their health scale - 0.9, similar to a [[human]] and over 8x less than a thrumbo proper.

Compared to the more common [[grizzly bear]], barkskins have {{%|{{P|Health Scale}}/{{Q|Grizzly bear|Health Scale}} round 2}} as much raw health. Considering that even a standard [[steel]] [[knife]] has around 18% armor penetration, armor boosts this by much less than you'd expect. Against such mediocre weapons, a barkskin can be expected to have about {{%|{{P|Health Scale}}/0.85/{{Q|Grizzly bear|Health Scale}} round 2}} as much health as a grizzly, with this figure only getting worse against stronger foes and weapons.

== Analysis ==
Barkskins do one thing well: tank hits for your colonists. While your pawns fire from a distance, barkskins can face enemy attacks. Thanks to the unique properties of dryads, they can heal up permanent injuries in 3 days, and don't need immediate tending, making them very cheap blocking animals. Barkskins will also engage enemies in melee, which means that they won't be firing their gun. Friendly fire is a possibility, but barkskins are small (avoiding melee hits and having a 67% modifier to shooting accuracy), and they can be used as direct [[cover]].

As far as blocking animals go, however, the biggest detriment of barkskins is that they lack advanced training and cannot be zoned to specific tiles; they can only be assigned to a handler and released to generally charge towards and attack an enemy. This significantly lessens their value for taking on infestations and other close-quarters combat situations where you want something to reliably stand between hostiles and your own colonists, like at a chokepoint. Mediocre DPS results in long fights and also means that your average barkskin takes a *lot* of damage before it can take out something hostile. While they can be great disposable distractions to buy time for the cavalry to arrive, barkskins are not primary colony defense material. 

== Training ==
{{TrainingTable}}

Barkskins spawn fully trained in Guard and Attack and have no training decay. 

== Health ==
{{Animal Health Table}}

== Version history ==
* [[Ideology DLC]] Release - Added.
* [[Version/1.3.3076|1.3.3076]] - Fix: Dryads are affected by disease incidents.
* [[Version/1.3.3101|1.3.3101]] - Blunt armor increased from 30% to 40%, sharp armor increased from 60% to 70%.
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